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802012-real or fake?
As some may or may not know "Doomsday" is upon us. Well some people believe that theory to be true while other laugh. That's why I ask the question who believes in 2012 being the last year of existence. ...
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74The Science Of Global Warming In The Age Of Napoleon
If we think of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, many things might come to mind: "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity," Marie Antoinette and her unfortunate dietary recommendations for the poor; La...
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8720 Significant Inventions of the 20th Century
Here's how inventor H. Cecil Booth came up with the idea. He noticed a device on trains that blew dust off chairs and thought it would be better to have a device that sucked the dust instead. To test his idea...
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72Heroine of the Month (November): Maria Sibylla Merian, Scientist & Artist
Our heroine for November brought a larger world to scientists and students of botany and zoology, raising their base of knowledge. And she left works of enduring -- and scientifically accurate -- beauty for us to enjoy.
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58Absolutely Incredible but True: The Antikythera Computer
Readers of this article are freely encouraged to comment and help develop a healthy debate about this subject that ought, at a minimum, to willingly attract the proper interest of educated, cultured, and...
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82Global Warming Science In The Age Of Queen Victoria
Perhaps it’s the dramatic weather changes, or perhaps it is mere coincidence, but mountains recur in the lives of the first scientists to investigate the physics of climate. Claude Pouillet hailed from the...
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66Use Drugs and Drive
I watch little television and when I do it is usually football, the history or learning channels. When I watch football I mute the sound and read, peaking above the pages to see how things are going every...
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75Global Warming Science And The Dawn Of Flight
The Wright brothers' "Flyer" takes to the air, 10:35 AM, December 17, 1903. In the middle years of the 1890s, the world was trembling on the brink of breakthroughs and breakdowns, and so was the...
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54THE MYSTERY OF ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
I have been fascinated by the Ancient Egyptians for as long as I can remember, I wonder at the great monuments that have been erected and the on-going debates to how they were built, I dont profess to know...
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50Dec 21, 2012: The Next Dooms Date....Please!!!
OK, he we go again. First it was Y2K, now this. I feel like "chicken Little" looking up at the sky to see if its gonna fall. Now we're getting into God's territory. I guess we are just going to do God's job...
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